Baron Catto, of Cairncatto in the County of Aberdeen

Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...

, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created on 24 February 1936 for the businessman, banker and public servant, Sir Thomas Catto, 1st Baronet

Thomas Catto, 1st Baron Catto

Thomas Sivewright Catto, 1st Baron Catto CBE PC was a Scottish businessman and later Governor of the Bank of England.-Early life and education:Catto was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, to William and Isabella Catto...

. He had already been created a Baronet, of Peterhead, on 5 July 1921. the titles are held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 2001.

Barons Catto (1936)

• Thomas Sivewright Catto, 1st Baron Catto
  Thomas Catto, 1st Baron Catto
  Thomas Sivewright Catto, 1st Baron Catto CBE PC was a Scottish businessman and later Governor of the Bank of England.-Early life and education:Catto was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, to William and Isabella Catto...
  
   (1879–1959)
• Stephen Gordon Catto, 2nd Baron Catto
  Stephen Catto, 2nd Baron Catto
  Stephen Gordon Catto, 2nd Baron Catto , was a British businessman.Director and later Chairman of Yule Catto & Co Plc until his retirement from the board on May 23, 2000....
  
  (1923–2001)
• Innes Gordon Catto, 3rd Baron Catto (b. 1950)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother the Hon. Alexander Gordon Catto (b. 1952)